गिर्याश्रया दुर्गनिवासिनश् च; योधाः पृथिव्यां कुलजा विशुद्धाः ॥
म्लेच्छाश् च नानायुधवीर्यवन्तः; समागताः पाण्डवार्थे निविष्टाः ॥
पाण्ड्यश् च राजामित इन्द्रकल्पो; युधि प्रवीरैर् बहुभिः समेतः ॥
समागतः पाण्डवार्थे महात्मा; लोकप्रवीरो ऽप्रतिवीर्यतेजाः ॥
अस्त्रं द्रोणाद् अर्जुनाद् वासुदेवात्; कृपाद् भीष्माद् येन कृतं शृणोमि ॥
यं तं कार्ष्णिप्रतिमं प्राहुर् एकं; स सात्यकिः पाण्डवार्थे निविष्टः ॥
अपाश्रिताश् चेदिकरूषकाश् च; सर्वोत्साहैर् भूमिपालैः समेताः ॥
तेषां मध्ये सूर्यम् इवातपन्तं; श्रिया वृतं चेदिपतिं ज्वलन्तम् ॥
अस्तम्भनीयं युधि मन्यमानं; ज्याकर्षतां श्रेष्ठतमं पृथिव्याम् ॥
सर्वोत्साहं क्षत्रियाणां निहत्य; प्रसह्य कृष्णस् तरसा ममर्द ॥
giryāśrayā durganivāsinaś ca; yodhāḥ pṛthivyāṃ kulajā viśuddhāḥ ||
mlecchāś ca nānāyudhavīryavantaḥ; samāgatāḥ pāṇḍavārthe niviṣṭāḥ ||
pāṇḍyaś ca rājāmita indrakalpo; yudhi pravīrair bahubhiḥ sametaḥ ||
samāgataḥ pāṇḍavārthe mahātmā; lokapravīro 'prativīryatejāḥ ||
astraṃ droṇād arjunād vāsudevāt; kṛpād bhīṣmād yena kṛtaṃ śṛṇomi ||
yaṃ taṃ kārṣṇipratimaṃ prāhur ekaṃ; sa sātyakiḥ pāṇḍavārthe niviṣṭaḥ ||
apāśritāś cedikarūṣakāś ca; sarvotsāhair bhūmipālaiḥ sametāḥ ||
teṣāṃ madhye sūryam ivātapantaṃ; śriyā vṛtaṃ cedipatiṃ jvalantam ||
astambhanīyaṃ yudhi manyamānaṃ; jyākarṣatāṃ śreṣṭhatamaṃ pṛthivyām ||
sarvotsāhaṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ nihatya; prasahya kṛṣṇas tarasā mamarda ||
And many warriors dwelling upon the hills and in impregnable strongholds, and many nobly born, advanced in years, and many mleccha tribes, mighty too with diverse weapons, have gathered together and are devoted to the cause of the Pandavas. There came also Pandya, who, scarcely inferior to Indra on the field of battle, is attended in combat by countless warriors of great valor. Wondrously heroic, endowed with unprecedented prowess and vigor, he is devoted to the cause of the Pandavas. That very Satyaki, who, as I have heard, received weapons from Drona, Arjuna, Krishna, Kripa, and Bhishma, and who is said to be the equal of Krishna's own son, is faithfully devoted to the cause of the Pandavas. And all the assembled kings of the Chedi and Karusha tribes have taken the field on the side of the Pandavas with all their resources. He who stood among them, endowed with dazzling beauty and shining like the sun, whom all men deemed unassailable in battle and the finest of all archers on earth, was slain by Krishna in an instant through his great might, setting at naught the courage of all the kshatriya kings.
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This passage develops the central theme of the Udyoga-parva: the effort toward peace unfolds already against the backdrop of an inevitable war. Key themes: Krishna, the Pandavas, Bhishma. Dharma here reveals itself through speech, through the choice of an embassy, through fidelity to one's word, and through a king's responsibility for the consequences of his decisions.